![]() ![]() The problem is that it’s just not a very compelling story. It was evident from her essays as well as the novel itself that she did an extensive amount of work before setting her pen to paper. Where Wolf really shines is in her research capabilities. These essays revolved around author Christa Wolf’s travels to Greece as well as her research for the novel. My edition included the main story, Cassandra, as well as four essays. It floats above me, free, and shrieks, shrieks, shrieks.”īut the moments of brilliant prose were far and few between for this greedy reader. Which as it swells, grows louder and more hideous, sets all my members to wriggling and rattling and hurling about. A whistling little voice, whistling at the end of its rope, that makes my blood run cold and my hair stand on end. “… the dreadful torment took the form of a voice forced its way out of me, through me, dismembering me as it went and set itself free. Then, the opportunity to read this book came along! Am I still a fan of Cassandra? Of course! Did I love the book to pieces? Not even close! It had so much potential. In any case, I’ve always been a bit intrigued by this enigmatic woman and have always wanted to learn a bit more about her. But I used to imagine that I was indeed named after the prophetess, simply because it made me feel more exotic somehow. I have no idea why my parents chose the name Cassandra, but I do know it had nothing to do with their love for Greek mythology. Really, it is! Candi is not short for Candice, as you likely assumed it to be. No one is going to believe this, but my given name is Cassandra. I did not want anything more, anything different.” “Why did I want the gift of prophecy, come what may? To speak with my voice: the ultimate. In 1951, she married Gerhard Wolf, an essayist. She studied German literature in Jena and Leipzig and became a publisher and editor. She moved to East Germany in 1945 and joined the Socialist Unity Party in 1949. ![]() The jury praised her life’s work for “critically questioning the hopes and errors of her time, and portraying them with deep moral seriousness and narrative power.”Ĭhrista Ihlenfeld was born March 18, 1929, in Landsberg an der Warthe, a part of Germany that is now in Poland. She won awards in East Germany and West Germany for her work, including the Thomas Mann Prize in 2010. Her best-known novels included “Der geteilte Himmel” (“Divided Heaven,” 1963), addressing the divisions of Germany, and “Kassandra” (“Cassandra,” 1983), which depicted the Trojan War. Novelist, short-story writer, essayist, critic, journalist, and film dramatist Christa Wolf was a citizen of East Germany and a committed socialist, and managed to keep a critical distance from the communist regime. ![]()
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